Whenever I tell people that I am both a PMP and an Agilist, many look at me as if this had to be some deep, dark secret.

How could one study and practice a formal project management methodology and also use Agile? Read more »

Guest post by Erika Flora
Years ago, I heard this great quote that has really stuck with me and become somewhat of a mantra. It is as follows:
There is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.
General of the Army George C. Marshall

What a fabulous concept! Often, we [...] Read more »

It’s said there are no new project management sins, just old ones repeated. It’s also said that we don’t learn the lessons from past projects and this must be true, otherwise why would we keep making the same old mistakes? Read more »

Project management as a whole has paralleled somewhat the changes we have witnessed in photography. Project management also has been a skill for the few, with the barrier to entry being quite high. However, the barriers are being reduced and the chance for abandoning “point and shoot” project management is here! Read more »

Projects are naturally networks of commitments. Learn how to bring reliability to your projects by paying attention to promising conversations. Read more »

In an article at Projects@Work, Tom Mochal discusses how enhancement work not directly related to a project should be added to the managed portfolio… Read more »

Anita Wotiz is the guest blogger this week over at the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Project Management blog. She published great post titled “An unrepeatable success?” Read it here.
It was great to hear about the project, specifically the lessons learned and trying to relate them to my own experience.
I wouldn’t write the first set [...] Read more »

Kimberly Wiefling had an article today on Projects@Work (www.projectsatwork.com) giving us a taste of some hard-learned lessons when dealing with project sponsors.
I’ve always loved Kimberly’s sense of humor and highly recommend just about anything she’s written. This is a great example of education a la entertainment. Check out her book too, you can [...] Read more »

Cutting’s Edge is one of my favorite project management blogs. Thomas recently posted on the cost of project success. I enjoyed the examples of the construction of several wonders of the world as projects and their often overlooked consequences on the project teams that built them.
Thomas draws out a parallel to contemporary projects, and [...] Read more »